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)LUME XLVII.
BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA, ' THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924.
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ALLENDALE JUDGE HAS
MADE BIG REPUTATION
Conditions in Newberry Improved
Since. Hy* Visit There.
Judj;e J. Henry Johnson, of Allen-
INTERESTING MEETING OF
JOSEPH ROGER CHAPTER
PrisdUa Club and Thursday Sewing
Club Also Meet.
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Blaekville, Jan. 19.—The Priscilla
Club was entertained in a charming
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dale, is fast racking a reputation for
himself as an eminent jurist, and
Barnwell, his native county, is proud
of the manner in which “Henry” has
conducted himself since his' elevation
to the Bench. This being true, the
following item from the pen' of Wil
liam Banks,-which appeared in the
Charleston News and Couurier. will
•lie read with interest by the people of
this section: *
Columbia, Jan. 20,^-Sheriff Can
non G. Blease, of Newberry, who was
in the city on official business thus
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week, states that h# is beginning to
observe the salutary effect of the
rulings of Judge J. Henry Johnson
at the last term of court in Newber
ry. There are but two prisoners now __ ^
in the Newberry jail, and the fact. eph. Roger Chapter. D. A
that its hospitality is being shunned ’ * ‘
i* no reflection upon the jail itself,
for Sheriff Blease has been compli-
Ptttod more than once upon the fact
Lit the Newberry jail is one of the
Si’t kept in the United States. Some
these comments have appeared in
National welfare magazines.
It is the fear of chain gang sen
tences that appears to be doing the
- v’ork in Newberry. Judge Johnson
a*«embed the malefactors before him
and stated that he would not try <to
persuade or coerce, ■ but he would
make the plain statement guilty per
sons pleading guilty would fare bet
ter 'in- his court than those who put
the county to the trouble of proving
it.. . .
That kind of prbnunciamento from
the bench had been heard before, and
offenders always have to “try out” a
- judge*. They soon found that he
meant business. There were few, if
any, pleas of guilty. When the first
<ase of boptlegging resulted in a
verdict of guilty the young judge
from Allendale popped a sentence
that made the culprit wince. Same
thing in the next case, imd then—
■followed the pleas of guilty-- The
\$ha.m gang as an occupation is not
to be desired.
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manner by Mrs. Judson Matthews re-- of it, or you may aa well do away with
cently. Progressive conversation was it entirely. Such fruit trees as
first engaged in by the guests, after peaches, apples, ^lums, etc., are so
which they were asked to write poet- likely t<rtK»come infected with dis
ic acrostics with the letters in the
word Priscilla. These were read and
the prize given to Mrs. H. L. Buist. out some fruit trees- and expect to get
BYRNES MAKES PROTEST
Objects to Issuance of- “Intention”
Estimate of Acreage.
Washington, Jan: 18.—At the sug
gestion of J. S. Wannamaker, presi
de nt^of the A men can’Cotton Associa
tion, Representative James F. Byrnes,
of Aiken, today wrote the'secretary
of agriculture protesting against the
rsytiance —byy the department this,
spring of any estimation of the in
tention of farmers as to the acreage
to be cultivated. He stated that ae-
•pracy in such estimates was impos-
^le, and the result »would be to
Aise the public to lose confidence in
«ther estimates which ‘are based up
on existing facts ahd not intentions.
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More New Subscribers.
And still they come—new subschib-*
fo enter the names of the following
i\ew subscribers as members of its
family of satisfied readers:
W. B. Parker, of Snelling.
J. E. Warren, BlackviUe route 2.
«... “There's sT reason” for the steady
growth that this paper is enjoying,
v If you arc not already a subscriber to
the leading paper in Barnwell County,
now is the time to send *in your sub
scription. Only $1,50. ft year.
Tax Commission Agent Coming.
/An agent of the South Carolina
Tax Commission, income tax "divis
ion, will be located at Barnwell, In
the Court House, on February 27th,
for the purpose of assisting tax-
payers in executing State income tax
returns for 1924. All -persona should
avail themselves of this opportunity
Of securing aid, which will be cheer
fully giveai without charge. 0
Woman's K. K. K. Meeting.,.
^^announce that Mrs. Claudia E. Smith,
^^grand dragon of the Woman’s K. K.
•K. for South Carolina, Virginia and
Tennessee, will speak at the Vamp
Theatre’in Barnwell'Wednesday even
ing, Jan. 30th, at eight o’clock, A
- cordial invitation is extended to the
people of the county, men and wom
en, to attend.
Among the invited guests were:
Misses Amarynthia Keels, Steele,
Nichols, Lucille Molony and Geraldine
Kapviner, Mesdames S. E. Buchanan,
of Mississippi, I. F. Still, E. H. Weis-
singer, T. O. Boland, I. R. Chisolm, A.
H. NinesteinrH. L. Buist, W. C. Buist,
S. H. Rush and A. B. Hair. A de
licious salad course was served by the
hostess with the assistance of Mrs. .1.
F. Still.
An interesting meeting of the Jus-
R.. was
held Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. S. R. Compton. Mrs. RemseJ,
of New York, a former member of
the D. A: R. Committee orr Immigra
tion Work at Ellis Island, gave a
splendid address, telling the chapter
of conditions a* Ellis Is’an l ar.il thr
great work that is being dove there
by the D. A. R Mrs. M.T. 't eathers-
beo and Mrs. J. W. Johnson, of ’' il-
liston, were also guests ef -hr hap-
ter. A lovely salad course was .-erved
by Mrs. B. F. Storne and Miss Ha/el
Stome.
One of the most attrac ive nr*, es
of the season was that given \v Mrs
James Nevils when the Thursday
Sewing Club met at her home. A
number of interesting contests were
enjoyed, among them being motion
pictures,. gaography, quotations, mu
sic and others, the prize^being drawn
by Mrs. LeRoy Still. After the games
the guests wore invited into the din
ing room where an enticing sweet
course was served. Besides the club
members the following were present:
Misses Blanche and Juanita Mat
thews. Rosa Rich, Mesdames Carlisle
Altman. Harry- Rich, R. B. Still, R. A.
Ayer and L. C. Still.
Mrs. S.- E. Buchanan, ,of Inverness,
Miss., * visiting relatives in Blaci:-
vilTe. . , ' T “
Mrs. D. K. Briggs is at home from
a Columbia hospital after an opera
tion. Her many friends are glad to
know she is doing so nicely*
CASE AGAINST HARVEY
TO ALLENDALE COURI’
Judge Johnson Grants Change
Venue.—Trial Next July.
of
Charleston, Jan. 18.—-Circuit Judge
J. Henry Johnson in the court of gen
eral sessions today granted a change
of venue in the case against Wilson
G. Harvey, charging him, as presi
dent of the defunct Enterprise Bank,
receiving deposits after the bank
was insolvent. Judge Johnson ruled
that the cast*, come \p at Allendale
the first Monday.in July.
Col. Harry- D. Calhoun attended the
era. The People is very giad indeed. Executive Council meeting mf, the
State Bankers Association, which was
hold at the Jefferson Hotel in Colum
bia Tuesday.
Notice.
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bidder for cash, at ray residence near
Srloom ChuAh,' on Tuesday, January
29th. 1924,at ll # o’clock A. M., the
following described p«*rsonal prvper-
ty of the late G. Moye Wilkinson:
1 mule.
1 lot of corn and fodtler.
1 lot of plow gears-. ,
• 1 one-horse wagon.
Cotton seed.
Several head of hogs.
1 lot of fookst
1 lot of plow implements.
Mrs. Anitie Wilkinson.
Jan. 23. 1924.
Auditor’s Notice.
TAKE CARE OF ORCHARD,
ADVISEST'COUNTY AGENT
njall Orchard Will Farniah Abund
ance of Fruit for Family. v
Jf you already have an orcharjd, it
is absolutely necessary to take care
eases and pests that there is no
chance for any one to just merely set
any results. If a fariher does not
have an orchard started, he may start
one at a very small cost. An orchard
of a half acre to one acre will fur
nish an abundance ^of fruit for aqy
family and some* to spare when prop
erly taken care of..
Now, let’s see where we stand.
First, if ^-ou have not an orchard nqw,
the thing to do is Jo let me know so
we can order the trees out at once.
A half acre set to trees will cost seven
to ten 1 dollars for the trees and an
acr^wiil cost only'froS'$I5Jb $20.
So see the county agent now and let
him help you make the proper selee-
tiorifc and get the trees at a reason
able price. . This should be attended
to at once, as now is the time and we
should not wait toa tpte to got the
best results, j! ,
Second, if you already have an or
chard planted of 25 trees or more, the
thing to do now is to take care of
them. See the county"agent or write
to him asking him to Come # a.nd show
you how your trees should be pruned
and what care they should have at
this time. He will also show you thrt
it is necessary to spray,, hpw it should
be done and what with. Commercial
lime .sulphur solution diluted eight to
one should be used fo spray with at
this time to kill the San Jose scale.
This pes-t kills more fruit trees in this
county than all the other diseases and
pests put together. The commercial
lime sulphur may be bought from a
number of places. Those in the
county having it for sale at this time
are C. F. Mol air ^ of Barnwell, and the
Williston Hardware „Co., of WillLs-
ton. Get some now and use one part
of the solution to eight parts of wa
ter. ' • '
It is also important that you clean
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
r* - NEWS FROM WILLISTON
THE ZIMMER HARP TRIO
TO PLAY HERE MONDAY
T. S. CAVETPASSED AWAY
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IN AUGUSTA THURSDAY
Large Number of Visitors to and froca Nationally Known Harp Soloist Comes ! Prominent Barnwell Man Died Sod-
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Barnwell County Town.
to Barnwell Next Week.
denly. Following Operation
Williston, Jan. 19.—Mrs. D. V.
Johnson, of Blaekville, and Mrs. J. G.
Hyman and daughter, of Pamplico,
were visitors here Monday.
Miss Pearl Peacock, of Barnwell,
has accepted a position with W. H t
Kennedy and Son. She is staying
with her sister, Mrs. Warren Parker.
Miss Annie Drummond is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Owens at White
Pond.
Miss Ruth Scott returned Sunday
from the University Hospital and is
doing nicely at her home.
Col. J. Rion McKissick, of Green
ville, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Latimer Sunday.
Mr. W. T. Riley, Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Riley, Jr., Mrs. Mary Visser, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Riley, of Allendale*..
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Kennedy Sunday.
Mr. and MrS. JY.* P. Holstein and
Mr. J. C. Wise, of Batesburg, were
visitors Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. M.
A. Smith. ' _1
Mr. F. T. Merritt is in Columbia
this week as a United States court
juror.
Miss Margaret Courtney left Mop-
day morning for Columbia to enter a
business coJlege there.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W\ Weeks have re
turned from a short visit to their
brother, B ,L. W’eeks, in Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dicks, of Co
lumbia, spent New Year’s with the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam B. Matthews.
Dr. and Mrs, John Blac'K. of Jack^
sonville, Fla., have returned tp^their
home after a visit to their parents,
Mi( and M rs. J. W. Black, and sister,
Mrs. R. E. L. Stallings. , •
The Misses Florrie Lee Scott and
Virginia Kennedy and Mr. William
Kennedy have returned from a visit
to Miss Nan Nora Rushton, at John
ston. .
The career of Nellie Zimmer, na
tionally known harp soloist and head
of the Zimmer Harp Trkv which ap
pears in concert at the Vamp Theatre
The people of Barnwell were great
ly shocked and grieved Thursday to
learn of the death of Mr. T. S. Chve,
of this city, who passed away at two
on Monday evening; January 28th, ^o’clock that afternoon at an Augusta
assisted by Signor Mario Capelli, ten
or, has been unusual in the
hospital, following an operationear-
American artists.' She is the first of
all American through and through
having so far studied r and coached
;>of i ly Tuesday 1 morning. It was not
generally known that he was in snch
a serious condition, as he left here
Saturday for Augusta to have a
with the eminent. American harpist thorough medical examination. His
Van Veachton Rogers, who for years
pioneered as a solo harpist through
almost every State in the Union.
Mias Zimmer began her concert
work twelve years ago and has ap
peared in most of thP large and small
cities East of the Mississippi. Many
times she has been callt»d to the posi-
body was brought to Barnwell early
Friday morning and laid to (Pest at
four o’clock that aftemdem Jn the
Barnwell Baptist Churchyard, -the
funeral services being conducted at
his Late residence by Dr. W." M. Jones.
The large number of sorrowing rela-
tivea^iand sympathetic friends' wlu»
tion of joint recitalist with some of ; gathered to pay their last tribute of
our most noted artists, among them respect and the many beautiful floral
Evan Williams , and more recently
Ceinl Arden of the ; MetropdirtamT Tn
each case -the pfess was most lavish
in its praise of Miss Zimmer*
— Miss Zimmer has the honorto have
presented the harp in trio combina
tion, to the American public, when
over-fiye years ago she organized the
first harp trio, to tour the country.
Its popularity, together with Miss
Zimmer’s art, personality and belief
offerings were testimonials of the es-
teemTh^Which he Va5 hetd hy his fel
low townsmen and the people of the
entire county. •
Mr Cave .was one of the leading
farmers* and business men of thi^
section, and at various times had en
gaged in several different lines of
business, all of which were- success
ful. He farmed on an extensive scale
end at the time of his death was en-
in the American public has presented j gagfed in the livestock business and
that soloist alone and together with was also preparing to operate a large
her organization to more audience*, | number of plows aga:n this year,
during the last five years, than any | He is survived by his widdw, Mrs.
other representative of the instru- Lizzie Cave, one daughter, Mrs. B.
rnent in America.
Students work to market their
musical attainments, depending on
the public to accept them and,acclaim
them artists. It is a long road ami
many are the failures. •Miss Zimmer
presented herself to the American
public who have become her frends
and .the ever increasing demand for
concert engagements take her back Married Persons... With—lnu»ae of
W. Sexton, of Barnwell; two sisters,
Mrs. Nellie Cave, of Barnwell, and
Mrs. Lang Buist, of Blaekville; and
one brother, Mr. W. L. Cave, of thi*
city, who have the sincere sympathy
of many friends in their great sorrow.
MUST FILE RETURN.
season t after season to some of her
towrc. It is interesting to note how
Senator A. M* Kennedy returned to pa.p ers speak of this company
Columbia Monday to resume his du
ties as a member of the finance com
mittee.
around the root of your trees.mow anTT
get out all the grubbs you can and
leave the dirt drawn away until the
Spring comes. Attend to your or
chard now—it is important.
" H. G. Boylston,
Cpunty Agent.
as regards her popularity. Johnstown,
Pa., carried the headline, '"“Zimmer
Harp Trio to return to city for third
annual concert.” Miss Zimmer has
returned to over 30‘per cent of the
$2,000 or’More Must Comply.
Death of Mrs. Maud Dunn DeWitt.
jSpwabdo Thejarnwqll People.
Kinston, N. C„ Jan. 16.—The funer
al services of -Mrs. Maud Dunn De-
Witt wen* held here this afternoon at
3 o’clock at the home of her parent
postmaster and Mrs. Ro
Dunn. Dr. Abram Cory, her p:
conducted the services. Interment
took place in Maplewood Cemetery.
Mrs. DeWitt was the wife of M \
Henry Faust DeWitt, formerly of
Blaekville, S. C. She died at York,
Pa., on last Monday. She had been ill
only a few days. A telegram of Jan.
11th tolcT of her soripus illness and
was followed immediately by* advices
stating that she was improving. Her
relatives here were expecting good
news until’a telegram'announcing her
death arrived. She was 24 years of
.age. .She was married last October-.
v , . ■ Mr. DeWitt was associated here with
Notice is hereby given that,. I. will tjM Kinston Tee Mfg. Cm. and lat .r
>*11 at public auction, to-the highest with a similar concern of York Pa. '
Mr. J. C. Hair is spending some
time in WilliaJnston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E.. Kennedy. Miss towns in which she lias playeiT
Bettie Matthews, Mrs. Q..A. Kennj-1 * m
dy.-Jr., were voters in Augusta °« NtK o LA[ LENWB D , E S • ■
Monday.
Williston welcomes Mrs, S. B. Rhea IN’ RUSSIAN. VILLAGE
of Denmarter-wko arrived here last
week. Mr. and Mrs. Rhea are staying
with Mr. and Mrs. W T . P. Walsh.
Mr. David Rogol spent Tuesday in
Augusta. ' '
Mr. Dr N. Courtney spent Monday
in Columbia. -
Bolshevik Leader Succumbs \fler
^ong Illness.—Funeral Safordav
Major John F. Jones, Collector of
Internal Revenue for South Carolina,
has issued the following statement;
That in keeping with the desire
and policy of the Internal Revenue
Department to give the taxpayers all
the Information and old ppOkMCj lU •
desired to call attention to one item,
that from the experience of his office,
appeared to be the moet misunder
stood, and that was the necessity for
filing returns by mauried persons
whose income was between $2,009
and $2,500.
All married persons, whose com-
In Loving Remembrance.
Moscow, Jan. 22 (By the-Associat-1 bined income of husband and wife
ed Press.)Nikolai Lenine, Russia’s equalled or exceeded $2,000 are re-
great Bolshevik leader, died suddenly quired hy law to file return*, al--
last evening at his country villa i i though they have an exemption of
thi* village of Gorky, 20 miles fiy>m $2,500 where the income is less than
« , | Moscow. . The public announcement $5,000. - ^
On Dec. 23rd, 1923, the Death Angt*l *>f the premier’s death was withheld! Collector Jones stdted that many
visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. until the all “Russian Jjoviet congress married^iersons having an income of
Shepard S. Lott and bore away from rn 0 t this morning, and only tonight $2,000 or more b#t less than $2,500,
us our dear and affectionate son, H. did the wires carry to all comers of knowing that they had an exemption
C. He was sick only a short while, the ^Soviet federation Word »of tb“ 1 of $2,500, and therefore no tax to
All was done for him that physicians event, whieh even Lenine’s poitical pay, thought it unnecessary to file a
and hiving hands could do. but it was. opponents dwlare saddens thi* nation, return and later when checked up by
the field force, incurred the penalties
for failure to file' return. He hoped
by this; advice to save many suck
The death of the young woman
comes as a distinct shock to her nu.-
me.rous. friends here among whom she
was greatly loved and esteemed. The
sympathy of the' entire city goes out
to the bereaved husband and family.
Tonsil Cliitic Opens.
I will be at the following places for
The People has been requested to- the purpose of taking tax returns for
1924. Only personal property will be
returned.- Fifty per cent, penalty
added for not making returns on- or
or before Feb. 20: i >
Robbins, Friday, Jap. 25.
SneHing, Monday, Jan. ^S.'
Williston, Wednesday, Jan. 30.
W. H. MANNING,
„ Auditor, Barnwell County.
Thr Barnwell County torisil and
.adenoid clinic opened at. the Barn
well high school building, yesterday
(Wednesday), and it is understood
that operations will be performed on
some' twenty school children from
this and other points in the county.
Lessons have been dispensed with
for the .remainder of the week in or
der that -absolute quiet -may^ be main-
f
tain^d at the improvised hospjtal, an !
the way in which thq town people
have co-operate^ should insure the
success of the clinic. Committees
have been appointed to take care of
every detail and they have 'been quite
busy for (several days.
Mr. Paul Allen, of the Blaekville
section, was in n the' city Tuesday.
of no avaaL His body was laid to’rest | I Q the interest of science an au-
in the Pin Branch cemetery in, the topsy was performed thus afternoon
presence of a large crowd of sorrow- by 11 doctors, including the German
ing relatives and frignds. He was 5 specialist, .Professor Foe rs ter. It dis- future cost and embarassment
months old and the sunshine of our ^ closed., according to Jhe official bul-1 Major Jones also called attention
home. He leaves father, mother, two - letin, marked changes in the hltiod to the necessity for filing returns
sisters and two brothers to mourn his vessels of the brain and fresh rup-1 where the gross income equalled or
. tures of ’Jhese vessels, which were th-* | exceeded $5,000, regardless of the *-
We. miss you. dear H. C. It is fo direct cause of death,
hard to give you up, but the Lord giv
eth and the Lord taketh away*—
mast submit to His will. ^
H. C., you are gone but not for
gotten,
G. M. Wilkinson Dead.
Never will your mc*moi”y fade;
mount of the net income or even ia
cases, where there was a loss. This
applied to single persons and to the
combined’ income of married persons.
The many friends of Mr. G. Moy* ! Therefore, when in doubt, file the re-
M'ilkinson, of the Siluam section, i turn. . —
were yhocke^i to learn of his death,'
t-oyh* thooehta will always li^.T whfc?1 ^ ^ Frida ;
• ’ Around the. grave waeri* you are
laid.
Mother.
morning. He was apparently in the
ber-t of health and was in the act of
Double Pond Items.
Quota' Oyer-subscribed.
Double Uorcd, Jan. 21.—Sunday
hitchiqg up a team of mules when school was held here Sunday after-
ijricken with heart failure. He '.noon, following which the little Suo-
threw his hand to his left side and beams met.
pitched fonyaj'd, dying before medical r Mr. Isadore Hartzog and foauly
Barnwell County’s quota for the aid’could* be summoned. His body motored to Blaekville Saturday af-
C hi-istmas Seal sale was *'$400, and was 'Laid to r<«t the following day in:ternoon.
the emnnuttee in charge* reports that the SUoam Churchyard. Mr. Freddie Jones was a visitor to
406 has j?et-n remitted , to^ Mrs. H--L. Mr: Wilkinson, who, was a nubstan- ( Hilda^Satuixiay afternoon,
rju'kmson. State^Chairman. This tiaJ is survived by his wife,: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ooft and lit-
$(> more than the amount allotted fo Mrs. Annie Wilkinson, who is a dau-! tie son, Ernest,, Jr., spent Saturday
the county. The local committee re- Khter of Capt. J. C. Fields, and three an d Sunday with reiativesNn Lees,
ceives 15 per cent., or $60.90, and children. They" have the sympathy Mi^s Ollie Lee Jones spent Sotur-
posfcibly the services of-a nurse for 0 f many friends in their bereavement, day night with Miss Julia Mae War-
the-county. ~The-Xommittee-consists.j , - . ^ , — j
ol Mrs Edgar A. Brown, Mrs. A, A, The, People’s good friend, Mr. J. £. Mr. Willie Sauls made a flying trip
. t. ls *' er ^ oun ’ l t Hair, of the Elko section, was a wel- to Blaekville Saturday afternoon.
Barnwell, Mrs. T.^ L. V\ ragg, of come visitor at this offjee T.huraday. ■ .. ♦ ♦ — —.
Blaekville; Mrs. W. €. Smith, of Wil- He and his brother, Mr. M. S. Hair, Magistrate 1. F. Still, of Blackviila,
1 is ton, and H. J. Crouch, of Elko, have been readers of this paper* for Was a visitor here Monday.
4 , OTWiy years and say that they look
Mrs. W. D. Harley is visiting her forward to its weekly visits,
sistejr, Mrs. Dukes, in St. George this -
Mr. J^M^ Killingsworth and fa*-
“ ily', of Dunbarton, were the guests ml
week.
Send your Job Work to The. People. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Easterling Sunday.
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